The Asian Economic Outlook and Integration Progress report was published on the first day of the four-day forum in Hainan, touted as Asia’s version of the Davos World Economic Forum. The World Bank said on Monday that an anticipated economic slowdown in China is likely to drag global growth downContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has given Mr Anwar Ibrahim seven days to retract a statement the latter made during a political event that implied that he was corrupt and a “scoundrel”. According to local media, Dr Mahathir said that although the current prime minister did notContinue Reading
The strange creature lived 23 million years ago and weighed up to 50kg (110lb).Continue Reading
One consequence of living on the other side of the Pacific is that, because of the extreme time difference, news from America hits these shores at odd times of the day (or night). This is especially true with school shootings. I’m usually fast asleep when they go down, which makes them the first item I […]Continue Reading
Hazardous levels of PM2.5 were limited to northern provinces on Wednesday morning, with with the worst air pollution still in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district, according to the Pollution Control Department.Continue Reading
HONG KONG: Hong Kong private home prices climbed 2.2 per cent in February, the second straight monthly increase, helped by improving sentiment after the border with China was reopened, expectations that interest rates are peaking, and a spate of new project launches. The rise in home prices in February followedContinue Reading
Currently, less than 5 per cent of spent lithium-ion batteries are recycled globally and the volume of these used batteries is set to hit 11 million tonnes by 2030.Continue Reading
Rough seas initially delayed the deployment of floating barriers to contain the spill. Oil has been found as far away as the western island of Palawan, more than 350km from where the tanker went down. Some oil has also drifted north to the Verde Island Passage, between Mindoro and theContinue Reading
BEIJING: China threatened to retaliate on Wednesday (Mar 29) if United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen during her planned transit of the US next month, saying that any such move would be a “provocation”. China, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, hasContinue Reading
JOHOR BAHRU: An 83-year-old woman in Kluang, Johor has died after eating puffer fish while her husband is still being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). According to state news agency Bernama, Johor Health and Unity Committee chairman Ling Tian Soon in a statement on Tuesday (Mar 28) saidContinue Reading